Improvement in wrapping-papers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH WHEELER, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRPPINGjPAPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,355, dated July 25,1871 antedated July 20, 1871.

To all whom t may concem: l

Be it known that I, SETH WHEELER, of A1- bany, in the county of Albanyand State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Wrapping-Paperand the following is declared to be a'correct description thereof.

In the manufacture of wrapping-paper it is usual to cut the same into'sheets, count them out into quires or half-quires, fold them, and tiethem up into bundles, such as halfreams or reams. This operationinvolves considerable manual labor and expense, the counting isfrequently incorrect, the outside sheets of the bundles are injured intransportation, the expense of string has to be added to the sellingprice, and in this manner the cost of the Wrapping-paper is largelyincreased to the consumer; and this, in connection with paper thatusually has to be given awayin Wrapping up the article purchased, is agreat source of loss to retail dealers especially. Another source ofloss arises from the fact that almost all qualities of wrapping-paperare injured by age, which is in consequence of becoming very dry andbrittle by exposure tothe atmosphere, and, lying around looselypreviously to being used, the sheets of Wrapping-paper frequently fallupon the door or are scattered by a current of air.

My invention is made for the purpose of avoiding or removing all theaforesaid difficulties or disadvantages; and consists in a roll ofwrapping-paper with perforations on the line of the division betweenone' sheet and the next, so as to be easily torn apart, such roll ofWrappingpaper forming a new article of manufacture.

In preparing the roll of wrapping-paper the same is made in the usualmachinery; but instead of being cut off in sheets the long belt of paperis perforated on the line of the division between one sheet and thenext7 so as to be easily torn at these lines, and then the paper isrolled into a compact roll. The machinery employed for the aforesaidwork may be of any suitable character,

and the perforations may be made by a row of punches and dies or by arow of lance-pointed cutters or knives set with their edges in line witheach other, or zigzag. In all cases the bers left between theperforations are suicient for holding the sheets together as Wound intoa roll.

In this mode of putting up wrapping-paper the following advantages areattained over the Inode usually employed: lst, the paper will not becomedry and brittle as rapidly, being kept from exposure to the air. 2d, thecost of the paper is lessened, because the handlabor of counting,folding, bundling, and tying is avoided. 3d, the counting can beautomatic in the calendering-machine, and risk of error thereby beavoided. 4th, the paper is in a more convenient form for use, because itis not loose and liable to be blown about, and can be torn off insheets, as required; and the bundle of paper occupies more space thanthe roll, because it is always loose, and the wrapping-paper itself isnot so liable to break when rolled as it is at the folds that are madein the same in the quires or bundles. 5th, there is not as much loss byinjury to the outer sheets as in bundles. 6th, t e cost of string can beentirely dispensed with4 as the last end of the roll of paper can beheld by glue or adhesive material; hence the paper is not injured bystring cutting into the same.

In the drawing a perspective vienr is shown of a roll of wrapping-paperwith the belt of paper partially unrolled, the division at a between thesheets being by round perforations, and at b b by penetrating pointsproducing short cuts.

1I claim as my invention- The roll of wrapping-paper perforated as seforth, as a new article of manufacture.

Dated this 9th day of January, A. D. 1871.

SETH WHEELER.

Witnesses:

CEAS. C VEDDER, JOHN WOLFF.

